Throughout the 20th century, Latin American politics were entangled with the political and economic interests of the United States. Today, as the global order shifts, scholars and legal practitioners are grappling with the current restructuring and potential transformation of international relations—and what this means for international law in the region. Latin American International Law in the Twenty-First Century brings together a group of highly regarded scholars to explore the state of international law and legal scholarship in the quickly shifting terrain of today’s geopolitics. Comprehensive, diverse, and multidisciplinary, the book covers recent developments in areas like environmental regulation, internet regulation, Indigenous rights, LGBTQI rights, and public health, among others. It also considers more traditional themes, such as law and development, the doctrine of non-intervention, human rights, and jurisdictional disputes in the Spanish colonies. Theories, perspectives, and methods of international law are interwoven with those of sociology, political science, anthropology, philosophy, history, and economics to present a dynamic and multifaceted work of scholarship. In this introductory chapter, the volume’s editors introduce the volume’s animating themes, and explain why it is important at this moment to re-open the question of what is Latin American International Law.
Bibliographic Citation
Alejandro Chehtman, Alexandra Huneeus and Sergio Puig, Introduction to Latin American International Law, in Latin American International Law in the Twenty-First Century (Alejandro Chehtman, Alexandra Huneeus and Sergio Puig, eds. 2025).
